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New Hampshire Adults with Disabilities Are Motivated to Quit Smoking

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The New Hampshire (NH) Disability & Public Health Project created a new data brief entitled, “New Hampshire Adults with Disabilities Are Motivated to Quit Smoking”.   To better understand smoking trends and attempts to quit among people with disabilities in NH, the NH Disability and Public Health Project (DPH) worked with the NH Tobacco Prevention and […]

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PCPID Releases Report on Direct Support Workforce | Administration for Community Living

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February 14, 2018 The President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID) has released its 2017 report, America’s Direct Support Workforce Crisis: Effects on People with Intellectual Disabilities, Families, Communities and the U.S. Economy. Source: PCPID Releases Report on Direct Support Workforce | ACL Administration for Community Living Direct support professionals (DSPs) provide services and

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Healthy Relationships and Healthy Sexuality for People with Developmental Disability

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RRTCDD 2016/17 Fall/Winter Health and Wellness Series Presenter: Susan Kahan, MA, LCPC (skahan@uic.edu) Play recording (1 hr 4 min) Download Sexuality and Healthy Relationships PowerPoint Presentation  Thursday, January 19, 2017 3:00pm | Eastern Daylight Time Presenter Biosketch: Susan is the clinical staff at the University of Illinois at Chicago Developmental Disability Family Clinics, Susan, provides individual and

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Smoking Among Ohioans with Disabilities

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The Ohio Disability and Health Program has developed a fact sheet to raise awareness regarding smoking disparities faced by Ohioans with disabilities. http://go.osu.edu/ODHPsmokingfacts2018 or download ODHP_Smoking-Factsheet-2018. For further information, please contact Ann Robinson, Program Coordinator, Ohio Disability and Health Program. Overview Smoking accounts for half a million deaths every year and is of particular concern among

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At the intersection of chronic disease, disability and health services research: A scoping literature review

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2017.12.012 Abstract Background There is a concerted effort underway to evaluate and reform our nation’s approach to the health of people with ongoing or elevated needs for care, particularly persons with chronic conditions and/or disabilities. Objective This literature review characterizes the current state of knowledge on the measurement of chronic disease and disability in population-based

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The Guide to Community Preventive Services and Disability Inclusion

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Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services and Disability Inclusion – ScienceDirect Why is this important? One in five adults in the United States have some type of disability (CDC, 2017). Adults with disabilities are more likely to be obese, smoke, have high blood pressure, and be physically inactive than adults without disabilities(CDC, 2017). Increased

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Health Promotion in Community Based Organizations: Understanding the Needs and Capacity
Jasmina Sisirak, PhD, MPH and Beth Marks, PhD, RN, FAAN
May 17th, 2018

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Webinar 5: Health Promotion in Community Based Organizations: Understanding the Needs and Capacity 3:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time Register for Webinar Presenters: Jasmina Sisirak, PhD, MPH (jsisirak@uic.edu) and Beth Marks, PhD, RN (bmarks1@uic.edu) Abstract: Focusing only on motivating individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) to change their behaviors oftentimes results in many people returning to unhealthy

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Reported gum disease as a cardiovascular risk factor in adults with intellectual disabilities

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Hsieh, K., Murthy, S., Heller, T., Rimmer, J., Yen, G. (2017). Reported gum disease as a cardiovascular risk factor in adults with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, DOI: 10.1111/jir.12438 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jir.12438/abstract ABSTRACT Background Several risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) have been identified among adults with intellectual disabilities (ID). Periodontitis has been reported to

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Low Levels of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2017, 14(12), 1503; doi:10.3390/ijerph14121503 Kelly Hsieh 1,* , Thessa I. M. Hilgenkamp 2, Sumithra Murthy 1, Tamar Heller 1 and James H. Rimmer 3 1 Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60609, USA 2 Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois

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